Banks to reduce to working hours amid COVID-19, THESE services to continue
Banks to reduce to working hours amid COVID-19, THESE services to continue
The IBA issued some extra advisories in addition to the SOPs issued last year in a special managing committee meeting convened on April 21. File photo
Updated: Apr 23, 2021, 06:06 PM IST
Keeping in mind the rise of COVID-19 cases in India, banks have been advised by the Indian Banks’ Association (IBA) to restrict their working hours between 10 am to 2 pm, as per a report in Mint.
We are going through the challenging period of resurgence of the mutant virus with several states reporting record high daily numbers of new infections and there are serious concerns about the economic activities, IBA said in a letter to State Level Banking Committee (SLBC) convenors on 21 April.
Gujarat logs record 11,403 COVID-19 cases, 117 deaths; state ramps up Oxygen production
This is for the first time that the number of fresh coronavirus has crossed the 11,000-mark in a day in Gujarat.
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Covid-19 patients watch a movie at a COVID Care Centre in Surat, Monday, April 19, 2021. (Photo | PTI) By PTI
AHMEDABAD: Gujarat recorded 11,403 new COVID-19 cases on Monday, the highest one-day count so far, while 117 patients died due to the infection, the most in a day, the state Health Department said.
This is for the first time that the number of fresh coronavirus has crossed the 11,000-mark in a day in Gujarat.
New instructions to banks for hassle-free services to citizens
The government has asked banks and financial institutions processing loans for purchasing property to accept the building permit order and registration certificate being issued for constructions up to 500 sq. mts. since online permissions are being allowed under the new TS-bPASS (Telangana State Building Permission, Approval and Self-Certification System), to provide hassle-free services to citizens.
State Level Banking Committee convenor has been instructed by Municipal Administration and Urban Development secretary Arvind Kumar to advise banking institutions to scan the QR codes provided in the online building permissions and instant registrations being made, available under the new system instead of asking for signed building plan permission copies from Urban Local Bodies (ULBs) concerned.